Ran Handgun 1 and 2 with MDFI over the weekend and here is my fullsize before and after 1k rounds. Ran like a champ. Not one issue.

I should have taken pictures of the slide, notably the extractor and chamber. 250 of the 1k rounds were cast lead bullets that were DIRTY.





AAR for those interseted...

Who: David Pyzik
What: MDFI Handgun 1 & 2
When: July 12, 2013
Where: Midland, MI

Why: To be more proficient and confident with my carry pistols.

My training background: None, really. CPL and Dynamic Handgun DVDs.

What I expected: I expected to come away with knowledge of failure drills, getting gun back in the fight and weapons manipulation.

What I learned: Check my surroundings after an engagement; Keith got me a couple times. You may have to climb on an object to shoot down at a target in a crowded area to minimize risk of bullet over travel or missed shots. Shooting from the ground. Failure drills, retaining the mag if it’s your only one.

What my next steps are: More training. I’d like to do a low light class. Also, more non-firearms related training (less-lethal, first aid and physical).

Any other comments/critiques: I liked the fact that we worked on a “Hot Range”, I actually feel safer than having everyone unloading and handling firearms just to leave the line.
Both pistols ran flawlessly. The first 250 rounds through my full size were dirty cast lead reloads. Fouling all over the extractor and chamber and the gun just kept running.

Gear:
S&W M&P9 & M&P9c
3 spare magazines
Raven Concealement Phantom Holster & Vanguard 2
Blade Tech Magazine carriers

Gear changes after class: I will now start carrying at least a spare mag with me. I borrowed mag carriers for the class and am now ordering some of my own.

MDFI's website

Very similar experience with my 9c. It just keeps running. Great gun for drills in similar classes.

It is useful to have at least 5-6 mags for classes. And an Uplula.

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Yup. I was wishing I had one. LOL
Luckily the guys that had them didn't mind sharing.

Sounds great... yeah, several mags... and mark them so you with white marker...

Did you clean during the class? How many rounds through each gun?

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Did not clean either gun during class. Ran 600 through the full size (had around 500 through it before class) ran 150 through the compact.

So it was 750 not 1K.

I take it you cleaned it before the pictures?

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No it was a little over 1k. I had shot it a couple weeks before the class and put a fee hundred rounds down it.

Pictures are confusing, I screwed up there. "Before" is after the class, before cleaning it. I decided to take pica after cleaning to really show just how dirty it was.

Ok, that makes more sense.

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